A state-sponsored Forest Management Bureau is evaluating alternative routes for a new road into a formerly inaccessible region. Three mutually exclusive plans for routing the road provide different benefits, as indicated in table below. The roads are assumed to have an economic life of 50 years, and MARR is 6% per year. Which route should be selected according to the B-C ratio method? Assume that a roadway must be constructed.

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Route	Construction Costs		Annual Maintenance Cost		Annual Savings in Fire Damage		Annual Recreational Benefit		Annual Timber Access Benefit
A	350000		4300		11000		5500		2500
B	230000		3000		8000		6500		1400
C	180000		1600		5000		2500		500

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Perform the incremental B-C Analysis. Fill-in the table below. (Round to four decimal places.)